The Qianfeng Forest subjugation battle and the battle of Wangchuan Prefecture made Ning Zhuo's accumulated golden elixir exceed three digits.
Most of them came from the Black Cloud Battlefield.
Ross's counterattack determined the outcome of that battle. After the two infant-level leaders fell, many Forbidden Army cultivators of the Jindan level also lost their halberds.
Therefore, most of the golden pills in Ning Zhuo's hand were still golden pills cultivated by ghost path and soul path exercises.
Faced with Shen Xi's doubts, Ning Zhuo responded with a smile: "The Five Elements Exercises are the most popular. Therefore, there will be no shortage of golden pills of the five elements, which are just right for me."
He was planning in his heart: the golden elixir of ghost path and soul path exercises was not suitable for the five-element golden pill roulette. Maybe you can trade it in exchange for the golden pill of the five elements.
In this regard, the Commerce Hall of the Vientiane Sect should be able to meet Ning Zhuo's needs.
"Of course, I won't change it in the near future."
"Even if I exchange it in the future, I will try to impersonate and disguise myself, or let Boss Sun help me."
"I'm new here, so I can't make a limelight at will."
Su Ling glanced at Ning Zhuo, feeling that his tone was a little louder, and said secretly: "You are just building a foundation and cultivating your foundation, but you don't take the golden elixir seriously. Or is my cousin humble and down-to-earth—"
Ning Zhuo looked at Shen Xi and asked the latter what he thought of the Five Elements Golden Pill Roulette.
"Interesting." Shen Xi was full of interest and expressed his opinion.
Ning Zhuo thought carefully and asked about the difficulties one after another.
Shen Xi answered one by one.
The two talked more and more closely.
Shen Xi had a better understanding of Ning Zhuo: "Ning Zhuo's attainments in the formation path are indeed not deep, not as good as mine, but the foundation of the formation path is extremely solid. Yes, the children of the big clan will never be bad in the four major skills of cultivation."
This understanding did not lower Shen Xi's evaluation of Ning Zhuo at all.
"It seems that Daoist Ning Zhuo has invested decades of cultivation energy in the five elements."
"So much so that he only has the cultivation in the middle stage of foundation building now."
"This is also very normal in terms of formations."
If there were still good attainments on the formation path, then Shen Xi would start to wonder if Ning Zhuo was an experienced cultivator who had achieved success in Yan Youcheng.
Yu Heye looks very strange.
In the process of communication, Ning Zhuo kept his posture very low, not arrogant at all, and had been humbly asking for advice.
This allowed Yu Heye to discover the other side of Ning Zhuo.
Su Lingkou took all this for granted. During her time with her cousin, she saw a lot of monks asking Shen Xi for advice,
The situation discussed.
Shen Xi became more and more interested.
He no longer just answered, but began to elaborate on his understanding of formation path.
"Among the top ten classic formations, the one I am best at is the nine-palace formation."
"I think the difference between the Nine Palaces Formation and the other nine formations is quite huge!"
The formation should be roughly divided, that is, the static formation and the moving formation.
There are ten major formations in the quiet formation, which are the classics of the classics, and their status is unshakable. There are many types of moving formations, and their development history is far inferior to that of static formations, and they are more common in the form of battle formations. For example, the iron barrel formation, the red flower formation, and Sun Lingtong's thief light wind formation are all of this kind.
The formations of the ten quiet formations are: Hunyuan Formation, One Qi Formation, Two Instruments Formation, Three Talents Formation, Four Phases Formation, Five Elements Formation, Liuhe Formation, Seven Star Formation, Bagua Formation, and Nine Palaces Formation.
Shen Xi expressed his reasons: "Most of the formations of the Two Instruments Formation and the Three Talents Formation pay attention to Shengke and use orientation to establish a cycle. The formation heart is basically the center of the convergence of mana, divine energy, etc."
"The Nine Palaces Formation pays attention to mathematical calculations! The houses of the ninth house echo and rotate with each other. Each palace has a convergence of mana or divine energy, so it is relatively independent. The formation of the Nine Palaces must undertake the functions of calculation and inference."
Shen Xi knew that Ning Zhuo was good at the five elements, so he didn't mention the five elements formation in the topic.
Ning Zhuo nodded: "Cultivating a hundred arts, forming a formation is one of the four major arts. Among the ten static formations, the Nine Palaces Formation is indeed the one that can amplify the combat power the most."
Shen Xi took care of Ning Zhuo's face and did not mention the Five Elements Formation, but Ning Zhuo was humble and studious, and he never took this to heart at all.
The solid foundation of the formation made Ning Zhuo quite aware of the advantages of the Nine Palaces Formation,
He then gave an example: "Let's take the most basic ten static formation archetypes first, the increase of the five elements formation is only three to five times.
The Bagua Array hexagram increased by about six to eight times. The Nine Palaces Formation has increased by nine to twelve times."
"And this is only the most basic prototype formation."
After a pause, Ning Zhuo continued: "I once made some calculations after class."
"If you use the Five Elements Prototype Formation to support the light shield to resist an attack by the Primordial Infant Monk, you will need at least 50,000 spirit stones."
"But if you use the Nine Palaces Formation, as long as you transfer the Primordial Infant Monk to the Fourth Palace of Xun and then withstand the attack, the required spirit stones are only more than 9,000 pieces, which saves about 80% of the cost!"
"And using the Bagua Formation to trap the three Golden Pills requires three thousand spirit stones. But trapping the enemy for the same time, the Nine Palaces Formation can save 75% of the spirit stones."
Su Lingkou scolded again: "Why does Ning Zhuo always take Jindan Monk and Yuanying Monk as examples? Has he forgotten that he is just a foundation builder?"
Why can't the cultivation of the land with low cultivation be an example of a high cultivation level?
Ning Zhuo has never had such a stereotype.
As early as when he was in the Fire Persimmon Immortal City, he imagined that the enemy was the city lord's mansion, which was a primordial infant-level cultivation soil like Meng, as well as his Jindan level subordinates.
He has been thinking about how to defeat the strong with the weak since he was a child. This spirit of study has been deeply rooted in the bones.
Ning Zhuo's example made Shen Xi directly understand: Ning Zhuo is not complimenting himself, but really has such a view.
Shen Xi clapped his hands and smiled: "The one who knows me is a friend of Ning Zhuo."
He talked about the excitement: "There are many who use the Nine Palaces Formation to defeat the weak. Take the characters of my Feiyun Kingdom as an example."
"Fifteen years ago, the Qingyun Sect was attacked by demon cultivators."
"The Qingyun Sect is just a small sect, and the strongest one is Chu Ping, who is at the peak of Jindan and is good at forming formations."
"He alone has a golden pill and twenty-seven foundation-building disciples, who are sticking to the mountain gate of the Qingyun Sect."
"His opponents are the notorious Yuan Ying Demon Cultivating Blood Corpse Old Demon, and three thousand blood condensation corpses."
"Chu Ping let the disciples guard the Nine Palaces, and Chu Ping himself entered the Middle Five Palaces as bait to lure the old demon into the battle and kill him."
"After the Blood Corpse Old Demon entered the battle, Chu Ping immediately changed the palace grid and locked the main battlefield in the Li Ninth Palace and the Kun Second Palace."
"The flame that was finally displayed was increased by eighty-one times from the ninth palace, and then amplified four times by the second palace of Kun, burning the body of the old demon of the blood household in one fell swoop, allowing the latter Yuan Ying to escape. Three thousand blood coagulation households were also burned to nothing."
Shen Xi said again: "More than 70 years ago, I was a chess idiot who was one of the four major scattered cultivators in Feiyun Kingdom, carrying my friend's dying instructions.
To design a formation test, you must hand over the inheritance of your friends to the monks who have passed the test."
"The chess idiot used nine strange stones in the valley to set up the Nine Palaces Formation, and the sword cultivator Lingxiao rushed into the formation."
"Although Chess Fool and Ling Xiao are both at the level of Yuan Ying, the latter is recognized as only one step away from the level of transforming into a god, which can be regarded as a quasi-transformation god."
"At the beginning, Ling Xiao was like a bamboo shoot, breaking through the four palaces in a row. But after the palace was changed, he was led to the seventh palace by the chess idiot."
"The chess idiot arranged the Qianliu Palace in the back, forming a cycle of Zeqi ascending to heaven and thunder returning to Ze."
"Ling Xiao fought hard to break this cycle, but it caused the imbalance of the three palaces, which then triggered the reflection of the sixth palace, causing Ling Xiao's sword qi to increase thirty-six times, and then backlash against the original owner."
"In the end, Ling Xiao was defeated and vomited blood and retreated."
Ning Zhuo listened carefully and opened his eyes.
He nodded in agreement, and said: "As far as I know, the most famous example of the Nine Palaces Formation defeating the strong with the weak is "The Boy Sleeps the Dragon".
This is a story often told in formation books.
Xiaoman, a fisherman in the foundation building period, was chased by a dragon and accidentally escaped to a strange place at the bottom of the river.
Here is a page from the Book of Luo, lost here, buried in the mud in the river.
Over time, the surrounding environment gradually changed with the principles recorded in the pages of the Luo Book, forming a natural nine-palace formation constructed with water veins as the front.
Xiaoman was chased here, obtained the pages of the Luo Book, and used his only nine copper coins to activate the Nine Palaces Formation, and then took the risk of luring the evil dragon into the formation.
The evil dragon did not know the formation, and although it severely damaged Xiaoman, it was also trapped here. Every time he struggled, the primordial infant in his body would be sealed to one-twentieth of the previous one. After struggling several times, the evil dragon was heavily sealed by the Nine Palaces Formation, and finally could only become the villain supporting role of the legendary record of building the foundation to win Yuan Ying.
This was a long, long time ago.
But because it has been widely circulated, this story has been repeatedly recorded in the classics.
"Luo Shu?" Yu Heye listened for a long time, and finally found a place where he could interject, "I know this, this is the source of mathematics, and it has extremely high research value for formations, calculations, etc."
"Luo Shu was broken up a long time ago, and Yu Xiaoman's page of Luo Shu was also missing because of his failure to overcome the tribulation."
Yu Heye's attainments in the formation are not as thick as Ning Zhuo's.
He came from an ordinary background, did not lay a foundation when he was a child, and he was not interested in this aspect.
Ning Zhuo and Shen Xi communicated with each other with great interest, he almost yawned, but finally interjected, which lifted his spirits.
Taking the opportunity to speak, he introduced the delicacies on the table again, trying to bring the topic back.
Although he was also blank in the spirit kitchen, at least he was very old and ate a lot of spirit stones, which was a familiar field for him.
However, after eating and drinking a few bites, Shen Xi brought the topic back to the Nine Palaces Formation.
He has made considerable achievements in formations, on the one hand, he has been cultivated by his family since childhood, and on the other hand, it is also his own hobbies.
Love is often the best teacher.
Without this love, Shen Xi would not have such accomplishments in the formation. He invested a lot of time and energy in the formation. Therefore, many opportunities to practice exercises were sacrificed.
Shen Xi said: "Speaking of the Nine Palaces Formation, we are in a Nine Palaces Formation at this time."
Ning Zhuo wondered: "Shen Daoyou said that the protective magic circle of the vine cliff here is a nine-palace formation?"
Shen Xi nodded slightly: "That's right."
"No, it is not so." Yu Heye shook his head, "The protective formation of the vine cliff is called the Thousand Vine Drinking Cloud Formation, I can be sure."
Shen Xi nodded again: "That's right."
This made Ning Zhuo and Yu Weiye even more puzzled, and Shen Xi explained with a smile: "Don't you two think that the peaks around Baoteng Cliff are a little close?"
"This is actually a deliberate layout."
"Nine peaks, including Baoteng Cliff, Xuanming Peak, Thunder Island, Yunmo Peak, and Chalcedony Hill, each have their own mountain protection formations, but in general, they form a pattern of nine palace formations."
Ning Zhuo couldn't help but feel a slight movement in his heart.
His mother's cave house Shuyuzhai was on the top of Yunmo.
Yu Heye raised his eyebrows: "Is that so?"
Shen Xi nodded: "This Nine Palaces Formation is exactly the ——— laid by Xie Tang, the secretary of the heavy formation peak."
After Shen Xi's introduction, Ning Zhuo and Yu Heye understood the whole story.
Xie Tang is a monk at the level of Yuan Ying, who once served as an official in Feiyun Kingdom, and his official position was very high, so he was called Ji Shulang.
He is very good at forming formations. After stepping down from his official position, he returned to the sect and devoted himself to practice.
Once, during an exchange, he came to the Nine Palaces Immortal City to give a class. In class, the case he cited was this Nine Palaces Formation.
Shen Xi recalled: "The formation attainments of senior Xie Tang made me breathless at that time. The Nine Palaces Formation here was indeed the proudest work of his life, and he also said in court that he had left behind a useless formation magic weapon, hidden in this Nine Palaces Formation, and left it for fate. This also impressed me very much."
Ning Zhuo's eyes flashed, and he looked excited: "Oh? What kind of formation magic weapon?"
Shen Xi shook his head: "Daoyou Ning, this magic weapon is hot and cannot be taken at will."
Ning Zhuo pretended to be puzzled: "Why is this?"
Su Lingkou covered his mouth and smiled: "This is actually a screening method for Senior Xie Tang to select a monk with a certain array attainment, so that he can introduce the heavy formation peak."
"Many seniors in the Vientiane Sect do it like this, just like fishing for bait."
"If you take his formation magic weapon, even if you have a fate with him and owe him a debt, you will also be marked as a heavy formation peak.
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"Therefore, monks with other ambitions will never take the initiative to pick up this formation magic weapon."
Ning Zhuo nodded: "Thank you for clarifying the doubt, it's similar to what I guessed."
He looked at Shen Xi and half-heartedly asked Han what he really wanted to ask: "Shen Daoyou must have the ability to take this magic weapon, but he did so Shen Xi nodded: "The layout of Senior Xie Tang is not difficult to break. But I am not a casual practitioner, but I am here on behalf of my family."
"Before I came, I had been told by the elders of the family many times that I couldn't form a team at will in advance. I believe that Daoyou Ning has a deep understanding."
This is not true.
Ning Zhuo split the family, he is the head of the branch family. The whole Ning family is divided, and they all listen to him.
Not only is he like a hanging, but his influence in the two countries is also huge, at least the three generals are very close. His identity as the "old monster in the stone" is also quite prestigious in the Thousand Peaks Forest.
He is still the deputy city lord of the White Paper Immortal City.
Shen Xi said this, obviously hesitated, and finally said: "This Feiyun Conference may be different from the previous ones. I plan to build a small hill first and observe the situation."
Ning Zhuo's heart moved, and he immediately understood that Shen Xi was alluding to the confrontation between the old and the new, Zilei Peak and Liuyun Peak.
Yu Heye's eyes widened, his face full of doubts: "What's the difference?"
He was the oldest and had been in the Vientiane Sect for the longest time, but he was even aware of this.
After all, he is a loose cultivator and has become conscious of this. The practice is still "Reverse Five Elements Demon Skill", which has a method at the level of Yuan Infant in Upper Asia. He had the highest hatred in his life, and Cheng was almost recognized as the true heir of Jindan.
You must know that the number of golden elixir true inheritance of the Vientiane Sect is quite a lot.
Yu Heye has been in the power department, and he has experienced too much singleness, and his greatest energy and mind have been focused on "avoiding falling into the devil".
Cultivating all kinds of arts, all kinds of life.
The level of cultivation does not determine all victories or defeats.
There are many means to defeat the strong with the weak.
Formation is one thing, and wisdom is the second.
No matter how high your cultivation is, if you don't know the situation, you will be schemed by others and become a thug or a pawn.